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Title: Is this correct?
Post by: cc30112 on November 21, 2015, 05:12:37 PM

Is the hydrolysis of this salt correct? Picture attached

Title: Re: Is this correct?
Post by: discodermolide on November 22, 2015, 02:28:44 AM

Nope it's not correct. Nothing will happen with water.

Title: Re: Is this correct?
Post by: beardy on November 24, 2015, 06:14:42 PM

Are you tasked with finding the proper reagents or are you predicting what the product is after hydrolysis?

Title: Re: Is this correct?
Post by: discodermolide on November 25, 2015, 12:45:38 AM

I repeat, there will be no hydrolysis.

Title: Re: Is this correct?
Post by: cc30112 on November 27, 2015, 03:35:33 PM

I'm not tasked with finding any reagents. I was just trying to figure out what I had after performing electrolysis on the aqueous salt solution. H₂ gas was produced at the copper cathode and a white substance appeared at the graphite anode. The white substance floated in the solution. I'm not sure what it was.

Title: Re: Is this correct?
Post by: discodermolide on November 28, 2015, 01:03:02 AM

So now we have electrolysis. Where did that come from?
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Title: Re: Is this correct?
Post by: cc30112 on November 30, 2015, 02:57:47 PM

I had an aqueous solution of the sodium salt shown in my first post. C₁₄H₁₀Cl₂NOO^-Na⁺
I applied 18 volts to the solution with a copper cathode and graphite anode. H₂ gas was produced at the cathode and an unknown white substance was produced at the anode. The white substance was less dense than the solution, so that's why I assumed some sort of hydrolysis had taken place, because the original salt settled at the bottom.

I'm assuming NaOH is also produced at the anode, but I am not sure what is being oxidized.

I'm an inexperienced undergraduate chemistry student, so I apologize if I'm asking the wrong questions or not giving enough info.